The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle ii. Book ii. Line 85.

Oh, the roast beef of England,

And old England's roast beef!

Henry Fielding (1707-1754): The Grub Street Opera. Act iii. Sc. 2.